Modular Cutter

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Generic Modular Cutter
Imperial Sunburst-Sun-IISS-Traveller.gif
Published, canon design.
Type: U Auxiliary
Size 50 Tons
Hull Configuration [[{{{hull}}}]]
Tech Level TL–12
Engineering
Computer TBD
Jump J-0
Maneuver 4 G
Armaments
Hardpoints 2
Accommodations
Staterooms 0
Personnel
Crew 2
    Officers 2
High/Mid Passengers 0
Payload
Cargo 30 Tons
Fuel tank 0 Tons
Construction
Origin Third Imperium
Price
Cost MCr28
Architect fee MCrPublished, canon design with Keith illustration.
Statistics
Source
Canon Unpublished, fan design
Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using High Guard generation.

The Modular Cutter uses a 50-ton hull, is capable of 4-G, carries two tons of fuel, and has a crew of two. [1]

Description (Specifications)

It has 30 tons committed to special detachable modules; it has 2.5 tons of excess space available for weaponry, computer, and maybe a couch for a third crewmember. The cutter may mount up to two lasers; remaining weapons must be missile racks or sandcasters. The cutter, without any modules, typically costs MCr28. [1]

The Cutter displaces 50 tons, carries up to 12 passengers, and is capable of accelerations of up to 4 Gs. Cargo hold capacity and fuel tankage each equal 15 tons. Standard armament is one beam laser.

Selected Cutter Modules

Three modules are routinely available for the cutter:

  • The ATV Module, which includes either a wheeled or a tracked ATV, masses thirty tons. It can deposit an ATV on a world surface, as well as pick it up again later. The module can serve as an ATV storage location, if desired. It typically costs MCr1.8.
  • The Fuel Module, with 30 tons of fuel tankage, serves as a fuel skimming vehicle and can be used to ferry fuel from point to point. It costs MCr1.
  • The Open Module is a customizable frame with 30 tons of excess space which can be allocated to passenger couches, fuel, cargo, cabins or staterooms. It typically costs MCr2. [1]

History & Background (Dossier)

The Cutter was one of the first smallcraft to be purposefully built with modular components. This makes them easily repairable with spare parts and components widely available. It is purposefully built to accommodate parts of higher or lower technologies. It has become one of the eight most popular and commonly encountered smallcraft designs found within Charted Space. [3]

The Modular Cutter is known more simply as the Cutter in many records. Before the First Civil War, most cutters lacked most of the modular features now inherent to the modular cutter. Naval architects on the Imperial Fringe had begun create innovations on the basic design, which alter resulted in today's Modular Cutter. By 622 IC, the new "modular" cutter designs had spread throughout Imperial Space. [4]

Selected Cutter Classes

  1. TL-7 Modular Cutter
  2. TL-8 Modular Cutter
  3. TL-9 Modular Cutter
  4. TL-10 Modular Cutter
  5. TL-11 Modular Cutter
    1. GX class III Modular Cutter
  6. TL-12 Modular Cutter
    1. Lowalaa class Assault Cutter
  7. TL-13 Modular Cutter
  8. TL-14 Modular Cutter
    1. Bubble class Fuel Cutter
  9. TL-15 Modular Cutter

References & Contributors (Sources)

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Marc Miller. Starships (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), 18.
  2. ↑ Information provided to the library by Maksim-Smelchak
  3. ↑ Information provided to the library by Maksim-Smelchak
  4. ↑ Information provided to the library by Maksim-Smelchak
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